Communications Law Bulletin, May 2009
*The Month in Brief
*FCC, NTIA Nomination Processes Advance
*Frontier Communications to Acquire Verizon Assets
*AT&T to Acquire Verizon Wireless Assets
*D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC’s Ban on Exclusive Cable Agreements
*Trend towards Telecommunications Network Outsourcing Continues
*Recent Consent Orders Reflect Strict Enforcement Approach
*Intercarrier Interconnection and Compensation Developments
..Eighth Circuit Interconnection Decision
..MAP Mobile Order
*FCC Adopts Consumer Protection Measures by Imposing Discontinuance Requirements on VoIP Providers and Shortening Porting Interval
..VoIP Discontinuance
..Porting Interval
*Wireless Developments: Maryland Seeks Wireless Jamming Test
*FCC Eliminates Conditions from Satellite Earth Station Licenses
*May Communications Legislative Developments
*FCC Releases Annual Regulatory Fee Proposals
*Broadcast Developments: Supreme Court Remands Janet Jackson Case to 3rd Circuit; FCC Improved Data Gathering on Minority- and Female-Owned Broadcast Stations; Arbitron NOI Released.
*Alabama and Tennessee Deregulate Basic Telephone Services *Upcoming Deadlines for Your Calendar
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